“Magical Negroes” and “un”reality

The number of fantasies that have been indulged over the course of this nation’s psychotic race-relations history is quite amazing, and David Ehrenstein’s op-ed in today’s LA Times merely gives voice to yet another: that white people need benign, unreal black role-players because they are both guilty about (and for) — and afraid of — the reality.

Unfortunately, he’s based his conclusions about “Obama the Magic Negro” on the most unreal of all institutions: the film industry.

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